Electrical fountain-brush.



NO. 631,623. 4 Patented Aug. 22, l899. c. DIEHL.

ELECTRICAL FOUNTAIN BRUSH.

(Application filed July 20, 1899.1

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ATTORNEYS.

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CHARLES DIEIIL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

ELECTRICAL FOUNTAIN-BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,623, dated August 22, 1899.

' 4 Application filed July 20, 1899. Serial No. 724,443. (No model.)

To all whom/it may concern;

Be it known that I, CHARLES DIEHL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadel- 'phia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electrical Fountain-Brushes; and I do hereby declare the fol lowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide a brush in which electrical fiuid may be forced in con neetion with flowing water into contact with the scalp or fiesh to produce medicinalor curative eifects, to secure a more perfect circulation of the blood in the body and the benefitsderived therefrom,and to secure other advantages and results, some of which may be referred to hereinafter in connection with the description of the working parts.

' The invention consists in the electrical fountain-brush and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the fountainbrush, showing the same connected to a hattery and foot-plate. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the brush. Fig. is a plan in detail of a bristle-plate.

In said drawings, (4 indicates the body of the brush. This is of any desired shape or size andmay have the shape commonly employed in connection with tooth, bath, hair, or horse brushes. The body of the brush is hollow to form a water-chamber i) and has at one end open communication with a watersupply tube c, th water-supply tube being fastened to the brush-body in any suitable manner. At the opposite end of said brush fromthe tube connections c or at any other suitable point therein is attached an electrical conducting-wire d,iu metallic connection with a battery e and indirectly with a foot-platef or button, so that the electrical fluid will be the wire attached to the said cap,

' commingled with the bristles p.

directed through the body of'the operator or patient or any portion thereof, as may be desired. I prefer to attach the said wire at to a removabl non-conducting cap g,secured upon a protuberance h ofthe body, and within the said brush is arranged a terminal plate i, which is connected by means of a wirej with so that there will be a continuous electrical connection of the plate with the battery or .electrical machine. The said plate t' lies within thechamher I) in a plane substantially parallel with a perforated plate 70, upon which the bristles are secured, the said'plate it having large and small perforations Z m, theformer to receive the bristles and the latter to permit the passage of water, which is formed into a spray. Said plate It fits into said body a and closes the chamber 19 therein and is held in place on said body, and thus becomes part of said body, by screws or other means. The water being brought into contact with the electrical plate and being 'itself a conductor of electricity,

when the foot is placed upon the fo0t-platc f or said plate is in contact with any other part of the body afiow of electricity to the body with the spray is efiected. WVhen the water is turned on and the electrical current is in active movement and the operator is in contact with the terminals, the water and electrical fluid'come together in contact with the fl esh,- the electrical fluid passing through the body and producing thecurative effects desired, and the water, while serving as a conducting agent, serving to cleanse the body or scalp or other part to which the same is applied.

To facilitate the flow of electricity to the body, I prefer to employfine flexiblemetallic wires preferably of solid silver.

I may mul- These are tiply these wires and bring them into connection with the drawing-in wires by which the said bristles are held in connection with the bristle-plate and connect the drawing-in wire with the battery-wires, and I may dispense with the interior metallic plate.

Having thus described theinvention, .what' I claim as new is 1. The electrical fountain-brush herein de scribed, comprising a fountain-brush having water-supply tubing attached thereto and ICC having spraying perforations by which the water is directed through the bristles, and, electrical connections by which the eieetricity is conducted to the water passing out from said perforations, substantially as set forth.

2. The electrical fountain-brush herein described, having in connection therewith means for conducting water and electricity to the bristles thereof, substantially as set forth.

3. The electricalfountain-brush herein described comprising a hollow body perforated to receive bristles and permit the passage of water, said bristles being in part metal lic bristles, arranged in said perforations, a drawing-in metallic wire, a metallic connection thereof extending outside of the brushbody to engage battery-wires, substantially as set forth.

4. The electrical fountain-brush herein described, comprising a hollow brushhody having a connection to receive a \vatonsnpply tube, and an electrical eonductingwire, a 1112110llflYlllgb-ln'lfillfllitl'l tilillltll-lfl and smaller water-spraying perforations, said plate closin; the water-chamber, bristles carried by said plate, an electrical terminal arranged in said hollow brush-body and adapted to contact with the water therein, and electrical connections for conducting electricity to said terminal, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with the brush having a waterpassage thcrcthrongh, of an electrical terminal lying in the channel or passage for CHARLES DlEllL.

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